Goodgame Studios
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Type of site | Private |
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| Available in | 26 languages |
| Founded | June 2009[1] |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, |
| No. of locations | 3 (Hamburg, Tokyo, Seoul) |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Owner | Stillfront Group |
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| Key people | Oleg Rößger (CEO) Verena Schnaus (CFO) |
| Industry | Mobile and browser games |
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| Revenue |
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| Operating income | EUR13.4 million[2] |
| Employees | 270[3] (2023) |
| URL | www |
| Advertising | yes |
| Registration | yes |
Goodgame Studios is an online games company founded in 2009 by Kai Wawrzinek, Christian Wawrzinek and Fabian Ritter. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany,[4] and part of the Stillfront Group since 2018.[5] The company has created or acquired the rights to eight games, including Goodgame Empire, Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Big Farm, Goodgame Galaxy, Goodgame Hercules, Goodgame Gangster, Goodgame Disco, Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Farmer, Goodgame Farmfever, Goodgame Fashion, Goodgame Poker, Shadow Kings: Dark Ages, Legends of Honor, and Infernals. Goodgame Farmer was discontinued on February 28, 2013, while Goodgame Cafè, Goodgame Disco and Goodgame Fashion were deleted on November 3, 2016. Jump Jupiter, Goodgame Hercules and Goodgame Farmfever were also removed. The company's lifetime revenue crossed $1 billion in November 2017.[6]
In December 2017, Stillfront Group AB, located in Stockholm, Sweden, acquired Goodgame Studios.
Available games[edit]
Browser[edit]
- Goodgame Poker (2009)
- Goodgame Gangster (2010)
- Goodgame Empire (2011)
- Goodgame Big Farm (2012)
- Empire: World War III (2019)
Mobile[edit]
- Empire: Four Kingdoms (2013)
- Shadow Kings (2014)
- Big Farm: Mobile Harvest (2017)
- Empire: Millennium Wars (2018)
- Big Company: SkyTopia (2018)
- Empire: Age of Knights (2019)
- Big Farm Story (2020)
- Big Farm: Home & Garden (2021)
- War Alliance
Goodgame Empire[edit]
Goodgame Empire is a free-to-play medieval castle-building strategy game launched in 2011. Players will build a castle and use troops to attack both computer-controlled and player enemies; they can join alliances, complete quests and take part in events. Goodgame Empire is available for web browser; Empire: Four Kingdoms is available for Android and iOS. In the game, there are three main resource types. These three are food, wood, and stone. Besides those there are coins and rubies. When players reach level 50, they unlock access to sub-resources, such as mead, clay, paint, purified water, and rope.
The four kingdoms in the game's name are the Great Empire, the Everwinter Glacier, the Burning Sands and the Fire Peaks. The Great Empire is the main one, where the players build their first castle; as they reach higher levels, they can build a castle for each of the three other kingdoms, in which they can also produce special resources: coal in the Everwinter Glacier, oil in the Burning Sands and glass in the Fire Peaks. Besides the four main castles, players can have up to three outposts in the Great Empire, which are other castles that specialize in the production of particular resources.
Players also choose and collect commanders and are able to equip them with armor and weapons. The game's lifetime revenue crossed $800 million in August 2017.[7]
Goodgame Big Farm[edit]
Goodgame Big Farm is a free-to-play farming simulator. Players build up farms, producing and selling products. There are different farms to be unlocked as the player achieves higher levels, and the player can then participate in various activities that last from 3 days to 30 days. Players can also join a cooperative and play with their teammates in their cooperative.
Goodgame Gangster[edit]
Goodgame Gangster is a free-to-play RPG game, where players advance through levels and rankings in the leader board. Players collect items and weapons, complete quests and fight enemies and other players. It was called Goodgame Mafia from 2010 to 2012.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Founding of Goodgame Studios". Goodgame Studios. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ a b c "Goodgame Studios quietly becomes one of Germany's biggest game companies". VentureBeat.com. 30 March 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ^ Fröhlich, Petra (16 January 2023). "Die größten Games-Studios in Deutschland 2023 (Update)" [The largest game studios in Germany in 2023 (update)]. GamesWirtschaft (in German). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Company Overview of GoodGame Studios". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Stillfront Group AB: Stillfront completes the acquisition of Goodgame Studios". Nasdaq. GlobeNewswire. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Goodgame Studios surpasses $1 billion in lifetime revenues in eight years". 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Goodgame Empire surpasses $800 million lifetime revenues". 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Goodgame Mafia Is Renamed Goodgame Gangster" (PDF). Good Game Studies. 10 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Goodgame Mafia Is Renamed Goodgame Gangster". Good Game Studios. Archived from the original on 4 February 2015.